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Laurie Parker Nesbitt
Stone Bridge Chapter
Laurie Parker Nesbitt currently serves as the 42nd Virginia State Regent and Advisor to the National Defense Committee, NSDAR.
After graduating from college with a B.A. in Journalism, summa cum laude, Laurie was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Women’s Army Corps, just in time to qualify as a Vietnam-era veteran. She transferred to the Adjutant General’s Corps when the WAC was disbanded, and began assignments in protocol, personnel, and public affairs. She was also an aide-de-camp to the Commandant of the Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.
After leaving active duty, she worked on the Winchester Star and later for the Army Times News Service. She also worked in advertising and public relations in Chicago, Singapore and Australia. She now works as a technical writer and editor.
Her DAR service includes National Chair, National Defense Committee; National Chair, Events for Men and Families; 15 years on the Platform Committee at Continental Congress, with 3 years as a vice chair; National Division Vice Chair, DAR Good Citizens; State Chair, Chapter Development and Revitalization Commission, American History, and Public Relations and Media; State Vice Regent and State Organizing Secretary.
She and her husband, Phil, whom she met in the Army, have two grown children – her daughter, Kim, is a Junior member – and two rescue dogs, one from a Forward Operating Base in Iraq. Laurie joined DAR in 2001 as a member of Fairfax County Chapter and is an Honorary Regent of the chapter. She transferred to Stone Bridge Chapter when she and her family moved to Loudoun County in 2016.
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